The eyeless golden-line fish or blind golden-line barbel (''Sinocyclocheilus anophthalmus'') is a species of

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...

in the family

Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...

. It is a cave-dwelling, blind species only known from the Yiliang County,

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. Its maximum length is SL.

References

anophthalmus ''Anophthalmus'' is a genus of ground beetle endemism, endemic to Europe. It contains the following species: * ''Anophthalmus aidovskanus'' Ganglbauer, 1913 * ''Anophthalmus alphonsi'' J. Muller, 1914 * ''Anophthalmus amplus'' Joseph, 1871 * '' ...

Cave fish Endemic fauna of Yunnan Freshwater fish of China Fish described in 1988 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Sinocyclocheilus-stub